MAX R. 👾

VC/Angel Investor @GHOST__Angels / Partnerships @MicrosoftAI / Ex-Global Partnerships @Snapchat / 30 Under 30

[Auto @autoaicam]

AUTO IS HOSTING IT'S FIRST CREATOR SPRINT

If you’re a creator, someone who’s dabbled with marketing or just a complete beginner who wants to learn, this is for you.

Apply with this link: https://t.co/XNjXNJHwuS

[MAX R. 👾 @MaxR_V]

New 🔥 apps i’ve been testing - what should i try next??

[Draper Associates @DraperVC]

Incredibly proud to announce that we led @autoaicam $2.6M round.

Auto is the company @daredevildave and Sam Hare started after leaving Snapchat.

Their bet is that the most-used piece of software on your phone isn't an app at all, but it’s the camera. You point it at things dozens of times a day to remember, communicate, and figure stuff out and almost none of that behavior has real software built for it.

Auto turns your camera into a place to build your own tools.

Early users are already running meal trackers, book club reading lists, backyard care plans, and makeup shopping guides through it.

You can download Auto from the App Store now and see what your camera can actually do.

[Draper Associates @DraperVC]

HUGE WELCOME TO DRAPER ASSOCIATES AUTO!!!! Proud to lead the round here.

[MAX R. 👾 @MaxR_V]

Excited to participate in this pre-seed round for @autoaicam lfg!

[Auto @autoaicam]

Auto has raise $2.6M to bring personal software to your phone camera.

https://t.co/R8gcjJO6TP

[Auto @autoaicam]

Auto has raise $2.6M to bring personal software to your phone camera.

https://t.co/R8gcjJO6TP

[beeple @beeple]

NEW FRONTIER

[TechCrunch @TechCrunch]

Snap alums unveil Ghost Angels fund https://t.co/BtkmAmYgdC

[Traded: Venture Capital @TradedVC]

Ghost Angels is a venture fund launched in 2025 by Max Rivera and a group of roughly 20 former Snap employees to back pre-seed and seed-stage startups building AI-powered social and consumer technology products. While the fund has not disclosed the total amount of capital raised, it has already invested in at least five startups and plans to deploy additional capital into at least 15 more companies over the next year, focusing on ventures that combine artificial intelligence with social connectivity, media creation, and new digital business models.

FOUNDER: Max River

#VentureCapital #GhostAngels #MaxRiver #TradedVC

[MAX R. 👾 @MaxR_V]

Excited for @GHOST__Angels to be part of this ahead of NYTW!

[andrew chen @andrewchen]

the team built a way for founders and investors to get intro'd at Tech Week! Use it May 26 (today) to Jun 7 to meet connect

try it here: https://t.co/NOfYEwJQCI

how it works:
- Founders sign up and say what they're building
- VCs hit the same link for investor access, then browse and reach out directly

why?
tens of thousands of people come to Tech Week every year to build, launch, hire, etc.

~30% of Tech Week attendees are founders. Many are building the next big thing. But since Tech Week is decentralized, there's been no central place for founders and VCs to find each other.

So we build this tool, which is only available for two weeks only during Boston + NY Tech Week (from May 26-June 7)

enjoy!

[MAX R. 👾 @MaxR_V]

4 Angel Investments this year:
• personal crm/contact app (seed by index)
• ai to save places from social media + make plans w friends (seed)
• ai software for humanoid robots (seed by yc)
• vibe coding mini apps w ur phone’s camera (pre-seed by draper & a16z)

Who’s next??

[MAX R. 👾 @MaxR_V]

@GHOST__Angels Closing our 5th angel investment of 2026 - a super exciting consumer company with two cracked Gen Z founders!

We’ll continue actively investing, who are the best early stage consumer AI founders??

[Justine Moore @venturetwins]

We're about to see an explosion of AI microdramas.

They've already taken over short form video feeds in China - 50k were uploaded to Douyin just last month 🤯

These are the soap operas of our time, and it makes perfect sense for them to be AI-generated.

[MAX R. 👾 @MaxR_V]

@GHOST__Angels Closing our 5th angel investment of 2026 - a super exciting consumer company with two cracked Gen Z founders!

We’ll continue actively investing, who are the best early stage consumer AI founders??

[MAX R. 👾 @MaxR_V]

@Jason fyi correction from latest pod on Msft cowork product

https://t.co/891elbl622

[MAX R. 👾 @MaxR_V]

@AgreeHQ winning @sxsw guerrilla marketing

[MAX R. 👾 @MaxR_V]

The level of feralness thats coming this summer to NYC…. Watch out

[beeple @beeple]

AGI IS BORN

[MAX R. 👾 @MaxR_V]

Getting together the best consumer founders and investors during SXSW next week - holler if u wanna join!

cc: @GHOST__Angels

[MAX R. 👾 @MaxR_V]

Invested in three Seed rounds so far in 2026 - Social, Consumer AI and Robotics Software - who’s next? Actively looking to deploy more capital